The Denver Police Spy Files

For years, the Denver Police Department kept files on many individuals and
groups. These have been popularly referred to as the "spy files". In 2002, they planned
to purge many of these files as being inappropriate for them to have
gathered, but those who might be in them were allowed to request a copy of their file,
using instructions on the Web. A notable omission on the
forms they provided was there was no space for an address to send the file to.

From the newspaper (sometime in 2002):

"Earlier this year, it was revealed that police over the years had collected
information on peaceful demonstrators and protesters as well as criminal
suspects. The practice came to light after the American Civil Liberties
Union filed a federal lawsuit, claiming the spy files violated people's civil
rights.

City officials conceded that police went too far in investigating peaceful
protesters. Mayor Wellington Webb appointed a three-judge panel to examine
police intelligence gathering and make recommendations. Among them: subjects
of the files should get to see the information collected on them.

At least 240 people have requested to see if they have files."

I requested my file, and twice was told I was not in their files. Later I received
copies of a file requested by Colorado Right to Life, which named
me several times in the 25 pages the police provided. (I had been the State
President of the organization and a Rally speaker.)

Here are copies of the correspondence and some relevant pages from the spy files: